US11415956B2 - System and procedure of a bearing arrangement - Google Patents
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- the invention is related to a system having a bearing arrangement that includes a control unit and a sensor unit, which is able to measure a quantity.
- the invention is more particularly directed to the system having a bearing arrangement that includes a control unit and a sensor unit being able to measure the quantity water content in grease contained in the bearing arrangement.
- a system in which a single average of a set of measuring values is used in order to detect a problem of a bearing.
- the problem is water ingress.
- a measuring of the level of water contend in grease is known.
- the object of the invention is in particular to provide a system with an increased effectiveness.
- a system is suggested with at least one control unit and a bearing arrangement, which comprises at least one sensor unit for measuring a quantity, wherein the system is configured to find out with the help of the at least one sensor unit first values of the quantity in a first time span for a first set of instants of time, wherein the system is configured to infer second values of the quantity for a second set of instants of time from third values measured via the at least one sensor unit in a second time span, wherein the first set of instants of time is different from the second set of instants of time.
- an increased effectiveness can be achieved.
- water ingress into a bearing stemming from different sources and occurring on different timescales can be detected very efficiently and effectively.
- the reliability of the detection of water ingress can be increased.
- both more or less instantaneous water ingress and also slowly accumulated humidity buildup can be detected very effectively.
- the robustness of the bearing arrangement can be increased and quite precise information about a point of time of water ingress is obtained. In particular it is easier to find the root cause of water ingress.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic section through a system according to the invention
- FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic section through a further system according to the invention, wherein sensor units are placed outside of a bearing
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic section through a system according to the invention.
- the system is given by bearing arrangement 12 which comprises a control unit 10 and a sensor unit 14 which is able to measure a quantity.
- the quantity is the level of water content in grease contained in the bearing arrangement.
- the bearing arrangement has an outer ring 16 , an inner ring 18 and rolling elements 20 which touch the outer ring and the inner ring. Furthermore, sealings 22 , 24 seal the space between the inner ring and the outer ring in which the rolling elements are located.
- the grease is provided in the bearing arrangement in order to facilitate the movement of the rolling elements relative to the outer ring and the inner ring.
- the rolling elements are balls.
- the control unit 10 is configured to measure with the help of the sensor unit first values of the quantity during a first time span for a first set of instants of time.
- the time span is given by an operating duration of the bearing arrangement.
- the control unit is configured to measure with the help of the sensor unit third values of the quantity in a second time span for a third set of instants of time.
- the first time span and the second time span are identical. In other embodiments of the invention they can be different. Adjacent instants of time of the first set of instants of time are spaced apart one second. In other words the control unit initiates the measuring in order to get the first values each second.
- the third set of instants of time is identical to the first set of instants of time. Because of this the third values and the first values are identical.
- the control unit is configured to infer second values of the quantity for a second set of instants of time from the third values measured via the sensor unit in the second time span. Adjacent instants of time of the second set of instants of time are spaced apart one hour. For each instant of time of the second set of instants of time the control unit gets one of the second values of the quantity by calculating the mean value of the third values of the quantity which were measured in the hour preceding this respective instant of time of the second set of instants of time. In other embodiments of the invention the calculation of the mean value is substituted by finding out the median or by applying another statistical metric.
- adjacent instants of time of the second set of instants of time are spaced apart other amounts of time than one hour.
- the control unit is configured to extract a first trend information from the first set and the first values. Moreover, the control unit is configured to extract a second trend information from the second set and the second values.
- the first trend information is a first trend value and the control unit is configured to emit a signal when the first trend value exceeds a first threshold value and the second trend information is a second trend value and the system is configured to emit a signal when the second trend value exceeds a second threshold value.
- the emitted signals can be sent from the control unit via radio telecommunication to an alarm unit which displays or rings an alarm in order to indicate that there is a problem with the bearing arrangement.
- the first trend information is an average of the first values and the second trend information is an average of the second values which lie of course in the past with respect to the evaluating point of time when the second trend information is evaluated.
- the trend information can also be different quantities, for example a 1 st derivative of an interpolation curve.
- the control unit can be configured in a way that the second trend information is evaluated at very different points of time and that at each of these points of time the last instant of the second set of instants of time is taken to be the respective point of time at which the second trend information is evaluated. The last aspect might imply that all the second values have to be calculated newly which means that the second trend information is a kind of moving average in this case.
- the control unit and the sensor unit can receive their energy from battery or also by energy harvesting.
- control unit can be located outside from the bearing arrangement. Then the communication between the control unit and the sensor unit can be done with radio telecommunication.
- the second, slower trend is configured to have far lower alarm level compared to the first, quicker trend because it is more reliable.
- the short trend shows the time when newly injected water was detected by the sensor unit and the long trend shows the amount of water after being mixed with the grease.
- the humidity in the bearing arrangement can be taken as the quantity.
- FIG. 2 shows an alternative embodiment.
- Components, features and functions that essentially remain the same are always numbered with the same reference signs. However, to distinguish between the embodiment, the letter “a” is added to the reference signs of the embodiment in FIG. 2 .
- the following description is essentially limited to the differences to the embodiment in FIG. 1 , whereby reference can be made to the description of the embodiment in FIG. 1 with regard to components, features and functions that remain the same.
- FIG. 2 shows a further embodiment according to the invention.
- a bearing arrangement of the system comprises a housing 28 a at which an outer ring 16 a is fixed.
- An inner ring 18 a is fixed at a shaft 26 a of the bearing arrangement.
- the inner ring and the outer ring are part of a bearing of the bearing arrangement.
- a first sensor unit 14 a and a second sensor unit 15 a are fixed at the housing.
- a control unit 10 a of the system can use the first sensor unit and/or the second sensor unit to measure a humidity or the level of water content of grease of the bearing.
- the sensor unit 15 a is not present.
- the sensor unit 14 a is not present.
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